NOTES:The Western Collegiate Hockey Association leads all conferences with four ranked teams, while ECAC Hockey and the Hockey East Association have three ranked teams and College Hockey America has one team ranked ... A total of 15 teams received votes.

ABOUT THE POLL: The 15th annualUSA Today/USA Hockey MagazineWomen’s College Hockey Pollis conducted each week in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association. The poll includes input from coaches and journalists representing each of the four NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, as well as composite votes from officers of the AHCA andUSA Hockey Magazine, the most widely distributed hockey magazine in the world.